Sony rarely skips an opportunity to make a splash, so it’s unsurprising that it’s gearing up for a big showing at the Game Developers Conference later this month. Speculation suggests that the platform holder will use the industry focused event to announce its rumoured PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset, and there’s a chance that support engineer Chris Norden may get the honours.
On 19th March, the manufacturer is set to host a two hour session focused on outlining the “new and exciting features” enabled by the next generation machine. “This presentation will explore the technical capabilities and new features of the PS4′s new input devices,” the blurb reads. “We will discuss the DualShock 4 controller, PlayStation Eye camera, PlayStation Move, PlayStation Mobile app, and the new interactive services available during live gameplay streaming.”
There’s no mention of any Oculus Rift-esque peripherals in the documentation, but seeing as the add-on’s still technically a rumour at the time of typing, that’s to be expected. Still, if the optional hardware does put in an appearance at the North American show, expect it to feature at some point during Norden’s presentation. There’s not long to wait until we’ll know for sure.
[source schedule.gdconf.com, via dualshockers.com, vg247.com]
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Infamous second son in virtual reality would be a nice surprise. Maybe second son is releasing after the show, because sony has integrated some new gameplay mechanic that has not been announced yet.
I rather have cutting ability on my PS4 than a 3D headset
As long as we don't have to wait ages for these 'exciting new features' like we have been waiting ages for a few basic PS4 features like MP3 playback & DLNA etc etc
If it's "exciting new features", I hope it's something other than the VR headset. That doesn't excite me at all.
Sweet, I hope they include a date for all the features they promised at the PS4 unveiling too.
@Paranoimia pretty sure they're referring to Now : ) the beta just went up
I really want the media playback abilities bulked up, it really gets on my nerves having to alternate between consoles.
I would like for these exciting new features to be things like being able to store and play video files, audio files, image files (pictures), loading Blu-ray movies properly, finally having an official Blu-ray remote, and being able to organize all the icons on the home screen.
Those would be exciting features to me - all the simple things the PS3 did. How Sony thinks the firmware on the PS4 is anywhere near acceptable is beyond me. And releasing a system that is capable of playing Blu-ray movies without giving us a remote? They really need to get their act together.
@Tony_342 lol. Why do you need a remote?That's just another thing to take care of. The D4 works fine, and so do blu-rays. what's your problem with that? I really hope VR is announced, so excited for it. I don't have a PC, so i can't experience Oculus, this would be my only option.
@Paranoimia How not? I know subjective, subjective.....but this would be revolutionary! I mean i know Oculus, but come on! but anyways, i hope they also talk about 'Now', and how it's (PLEASE!!) like Netflix!
@Shellybird27 Because he wants a remote. Simple. As do a lot of people, myself included. Pipe down. Good grief - and people say I moan on here!
@Shellybird27 Did you really say "lol" to me wanting a remote control for a Blu-ray player? The DualShock 4 works, yes, but I don't want to use it for both games and movies because first of all, it drains the battery quicker. Second, I'm often eating when I'm watching movies or TV shows on DVD - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for example , and it's easier to operate a remote with one hand than the Dual Shock. Third, I'm not the only person who uses the PS4 as a Blu-ray / DVD player, and having to constantly explain which button does what is annoying and shouldn't be necessary (because it's not like the DualShock has "Next" written on the R1 button, or "Pause" written on the circle button).
You know, all the basic reasons anyone would want a remote, essentially.
Also, no, Blu-rays do not work fine. They take way, way too long to load sometimes. I've waited several minutes for a Blu-ray disc to load on my PS4 on a few occasions, and I know I'm not the only one.
Edit: I finally figured out why my PS4 takes so long to load certain Blu-ray discs. It's because I had the online functions enabled, and my Internet service is atrociously slow at times. Once I disabled the Blu-ray disc online functionality, they loaded just fine. Unfortunately, though, as far as I can tell there is no way to permanently disable this. You seem to have to say "No" every single time you put a Blu-ray movie in the system when it asks "Do you want to enable Blu-ray disc online functionality?" or whatever.
Personally in terms of new features, I'm not after more hardware, I just want the OS update that adds all the features that are currently missing! The list is long.
@Tony_342: You must have got a bad PS4 or something. I watch Blu rays all the time on mine and they don't take any longer to load then my Blu ray player did.
Back on topic though I hope they announce the emulators for the PS1 and PS2 that they were talking about awhile ago.
@rastamadeus
He gets pissed anytime you don't know say something positive about Sony. Which is hilarious because outside of sales momentum which is sure to slow here soon, what good news has there been? As I've said before, these idiots can't even get a racing game way overdue or a baseball game out the door. It's a laughable joke. I won't even get started on all the features that the PS3 had that need to be added to the PS4, yesterday.
@Shellybird27 I'm not excited by the VR headset because I've used one before. For me, they're uncomfortable and cumbersome, and they cause more of a disconnect than any sense of immersion.
@Shellybird27 effectively, it's exactly like Netflix. There's a video of someone using it and the wait is under 2 min from launching Now to the ...health warnings (was gonna say awesome PS4 "shzwonk" but they've done away with those eh?) but yeah it's freaking magic. (I wish I could, but I legally can't say more about the Now Beta...!)
@Gamer83 You can add in the arrogant stupidity of Sony Europe and the way they're handling PS+ to the idiots who run Sony. Trenton going is a start (arrogant, smug and slimy) to improvements all over the company.
@Paranoimia Aye, I'm not bothered in the slightest by VR. It'll be about as "revolutionary" as the 3D on the 3DS - something people were very keen to label as a gimmick and criticise Nintendo for. VR will be just another fad/flop like Move, Wonderbook. Seems Sony learn nothing from the mistakes of Nintendo and Sega...
@Shellybird27 the DS4 is a decent stand in, but hardly a replacement for a remote. For example it has a low battery life, measured in the hours (where my PS3 remotes battery measures in the months with constant use).
@rastamadeus
Hopefully it means improvements. I didn't like Tretton but need to see what this new guy does first. I've guessing after the first few months it'll be business as usual. Only difference will be no Tretton at E3 this year, can't say it pains me.
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